Spoljnopolitičke teme kao element izborne strategije Hilari Klinton na predsedničkim izborima u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama 2016. godine

Abstract

Predmet istraživanja ovog rada je pristup spoljnoj politici Sjedinjenih Američkih Država kao element izborne strategije Hilari Klinton na predsedničkim izborima u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama 2016. godine. Identifikacija spoljnopolitičkih tema i njihov tretman u izbornoj kampanji poslužiće da se utvrdi vrednosna orijentacija Hilari Klinton, samo poreklo i koreni njenog pristupa spoljnopolitičkim temama, kao i da se utvrdi veza između vrednosne orijentacije i spoljne politike za kakvu se zalagala. Najpre će biti reči o (spoljnopolitičkim) temama kao faktoru izborne motivacije na osnovu socio- psihološkog modela izbornog ponašanja, izbornoj strategiji i vrednosnoj orijentaciji kao njenoj osnovi i savremenom političkom mitu kao jezgru. U radu su analizirani govori kandidatkinje i tri predsedničke debate. Takođe, izborni program Hilari Klinton korišćen je da dopuni ili pojasni nešto što je u predsedničkim debatama već spomenula. Glavni argument je da pristup Hilari Klinton spoljnoj politici ima duboke korene u američkoj istoriji i tradiciji, da je u dobroj meri oblikovan njenim pređašnjim političkim iskustvom i da se temelji na mitu o američkoj izuzetnosti u duhu Vilsonijanaca.

This paper aims to research the approach to the foreign policy of the United States of America as an element of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign strategy in the 2016 presidential elections in the United States of America. The identification of foreign policy issues and their treatment in the election campaign will help to determine the value orientation of Hillary Clinton, the origin and roots of her approach to foreign policy, as well as to determine the connection between the value orientation and the foreign policy she advocated. First, we will present (foreign policy) issues as a factor of voting behavior based on the socio- psychological model of electoral behavior, campaign strategy and value orientation as its basis and contemporary political myth as the core. The paper analyzes the candidate’s speeches and three presidential debates. Hillary Clinton’s election program was used to complement or clarify something that she had already mentioned in the presidential debates. The main argument of this paper is that Hillary Clinton’s approach to foreign policy has deep roots in American history and tradition, largely shaped by her previous political experience, and based on the myth of American exceptionalism her stances mostly reflect the elements of Wilsonian foreign policy tradition. Hillary Clinton’s approach was determined by the foreign policy course of the Washington administration during the presidency of Barack Obama, in which she served as secretary of state. Nevertheless, taking into account that Hillary Clinton stood for a more proactive American foreign policy than was acceptable to the majority of Democrats and Barack Obama and a different approach to American exceptionalism than Obama’s, it would be difficult to claim that the foreign policy approach of Hillary Clinton’s campaign is just a continuation of Obama’s administration foreign policy.